Dr. Obi receives the Lifetime Achievement Award for initiating the field of digital payments.
At the 12th Beacon of ICT Distinguished (BoICT) lecture series and awards, Dr. Valentine Obi, founder XCEL, was honored with the Lifetime Achievement Award for revolutionizing end-to-end card and digital payments. Dr. Obi was recognized for his accomplishments to Nigeria's economy, especially in the area of electronic payments. Generally, the BoICT Lecture series is considered as Nigeria's most prominent yearly event in the ICT sector, is meant to examine attempts to place Nigeria on the world map of information and communications technology. Dr. Obi was honored as a top player for African technology innovation and for creating eTranzact enterprises in Ghana, Cameroon, Nigeria, South Africa, and the United Kingdom at the event. Dr. Obi is an outstanding techy-finance entrepreneur who is the creator and founder of XCEL, UK's newest digital banking platform that makes it easy for users to open a standard UK account. In less than five minutes, customers can open a UK account (